Blade13 Posted June 24, 2002 Share Posted June 24, 2002 Has anyone done any sparring while blindfolded or something similar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G95champ Posted June 24, 2002 Share Posted June 24, 2002 no blind sparring because there is the danger of hitting the other person. Howeve we do kata blind at times. (General George S. Patton Jr.) "It's the unconquerable soul of man, and not the nature of the weapon he uses, that ensures victory." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabid hamster Posted June 24, 2002 Share Posted June 24, 2002 ive only seen wing chun ppl sparr blindfolded and i think it's part of the wing chun system(blindfolded chi sao or somethin) It is only with the heart that one can see clearly, for the most essential things are invisible to the eye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaiFightsMS Posted June 24, 2002 Share Posted June 24, 2002 I attempted to spar one night when I forgot my sports goggles. Everything was just kind of one big blur. And then the blurs starting moving fast. :bawling:It was terrifying. Another time a few years after that doing a pair drill with a younger student in a hot room where my goggles kept steaming up I ultimately just pulled them off. Because we were basically standing there it was not so bad. And I think it made the youngster I was paired with feel less intimidated because I outranked him so much. That went a lot better in the end than that wild first attempt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Withers M.A.A. Posted June 24, 2002 Share Posted June 24, 2002 The only blindfolded training I've done is at close ranges in which you are performing sensativity drills. We don't train like they did in Bloodsport so there really is no need to fight while blindfolded. It's good for fantasy but not reality. Pete 2nd Degree black belt in Kenpo Karate and Tae Kwon Do. 1997 NASKA competitor-2nd place Nationally in Blackbelt American Forms. Firearms activist! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pacificshore Posted June 24, 2002 Share Posted June 24, 2002 The only blind training I've done before was being in the middle of the circle blindfolded, while using your other senses to "feel" for your opponent within your safety zone. It was good sensitivity training. Di'DaDeeeee!!!Mind of Mencia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted June 24, 2002 Share Posted June 24, 2002 We've done blindfolded training before. You would wear a blind fold and allow other class mates to attack you with various holds, and you must use the techniques you've been taugh to get out of them. While blind it's more challenging. JackCurrently 'off' from formal MA trainingKarateForums.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-- Posted June 24, 2002 Share Posted June 24, 2002 We've done blindolded kata and groundfighting. Kata isn't that hard, but you keep feeling like you're gonna run into something, even when you know you're not. Grappling, on the other hand, is kinda weird. Not hard, but different. d----- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldRookie Posted June 24, 2002 Share Posted June 24, 2002 Jack-we do the same at my school with self defense techniques. It really helps & shows how quickly you can react & if you have learned the tech's. We all stand in a circle with eyes closed & one is picked to slip around in stealth mode & atttack you from the front,back, side whatever & you have to apply what you have been taught. I am sure to the average non-MA it sounds silly but I find it quite effective . *1st Dan Oct 2004*"Progress lies not enhancing what is, but in advancing toward what will be.""It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not deserve them." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ti-Kwon-Leap Posted August 20, 2002 Share Posted August 20, 2002 I like to practice different "sticking hands" type drills while blindfolded. This is where you pretend that your wrists are magnetically "stuck" to your opponents. First, you try to move your hands in circular and linear paterns and your opponent sympathetically follows your movements. Next you interactively try to touch your opponent as he tries to touch you but the goal is to touch your opponent while not letting him touch you. Ultimately, in a combat situation you can keep a grappler from getting the upper hand and also block while attacking in an effortless fashion. This training is great for people who are uncomfortable with close up confrontations. Ti-Kwon-Leap"Annoying the ignorant since 1961" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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